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NHAI Inspects Damaged Gujarat Highway After Rain
Venkatraman, Member of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), on Sunday inspected the Bharatmala highway near the Bakutra toll plaza in Santalpur taluka, Patan district, Gujarat. The inspection followed rain-induced damage to a 1.35-km stretch of the road. Samples from the affected section were collected during the visit, according to an official release.The 135-km-long Bharatmala highway links Sanchor in Rajasthan with Santalpur in Gujarat. The road was recently impacted by heavy rainfall, raising concerns about construction quality.Venkatraman stated that if the samples show any de..

SAEL To Invest Rs8.2 Billion In Noida Solar Plant
Indian renewable energy company SAEL Industries Ltd will invest Rs8.2 billion (approximately $954 million) to set up a 5-gigawatt-per-year integrated solar cell and module manufacturing facility in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. This marks one of the largest investments in India’s solar manufacturing sector to date.The new plant will take SAEL’s total solar module manufacturing capacity to 8.5 GW. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year and supports India’s growing drive to localise solar equipment production. From June 2026, only domestically manufactured solar cells from appr..

Navi Mumbai Plots Can Now Be Converted to Freehold
In a significant relief for homeowners in Navi Mumbai, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has announced that residential plots allotted on a leasehold basis can now be converted to freehold.To streamline this process, CIDCO has formed a committee to scrutinise applications received for conversion. The authority has encouraged eligible citizens to apply under the new scheme to gain full ownership rights over their residential plots.The scheme includes plots allotted through the tender process, CIDCO-constructed housing projects, and those distributed under the 12.5 per cent..